The COVID-19 pandemic and the measures adopted are having a profound impact on a
major goal of public healthcare systems: universal access to health services. The objective …

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common non-cutaneous cancer in men in Europe and is
predicted to exhibit declining mortality in the European Union (EU) due to various recent …

The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on healthcare systems across the world. In the
United Kingdom, one of the strategies used by hospitals to cope with the surge in patients …

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the destruction of routine hospital services globally,
leading to an increase in the backlog of elective surgery cases. The aim of the study was to …

BACKGROUND፡ The COVID-19 pandemic has caused substantial disruptions to surgical-
care delivery mainly due to diversion of available resources from surgical to COVID-19 care …

We aimed to assess the impact of postponing sexual or reproductive health surgeries on
patients' psychosocial distress and personal or occupational life during the COVID-19 …

A situation of emergency involving the whole population introduces changes in the
dynamics of the health services that are provided. The magnitude of these shifts should be …

The COVID-19 pandemic and infection control measures had an unavoidable impact on
surgical services. During the first wave of the pandemic, elective surgery, endoscopy, and …

In Chile and the world, the supply of medical hours to provide care has been reduced due to
the health crisis caused by COVID-19. As of December 2021, the outlook has been critical in …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic triggered numerous changes in health services
organisation, whose effects on clinical coordination are unknown. The aim is to analyse …